Nomination of Lee M. Thomas To Be an Associate Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency

The President today announced his intention to nominate Lee M. Thomas to be an Associate Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (State and Local Programs and Support).

Since 1980 Mr. Thomas has been director, Division of Public Safety, Governor's Office, South Carolina. He was an independent consultant in 1978-80; director, Office of Criminal Justice, Governor's Office, South Carolina, in 1972-78; research analyst, South Carolina Department of Corrections, in 1970-71; and probation officer, Richland County, South Carolina, in 1968-70.

Mr. Thomas graduated from the University of the South (B.A.) and the University of South Carolina (M.E.D.). He has two children and resides in Ridgeway, S.C. He was born June 13, 1944, in South Carolina.